---
type: "Bill"
title: "Wholesome food donation; tax credit renewed."
description: "Wholesome food donation; tax credit renewed."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1525"
citation: "Virginia SB 1525 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rouse"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 41
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2023-01-20"
last_action: "2023-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/be34af60-3271-473b-8f30-1fb8ec519eca"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1525"
source_hash: "3c9a55c265317031c7ecc79d0474e8bbb76dcda7ece078994f73ed0ef425dc67"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia SB 1525 (2023) — Wholesome food donation; tax credit renewed.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **CHAP0166** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0166)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23105660D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1525S1)
3. **Committee substitute printed 23106963D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1525H1)
4. **Presented and ordered printed 23105018D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1525)
5. **SB1525ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1525ER)

## Votes

- VOTE: Block Vote Passage #2 (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (16-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (20-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rouse — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-01-20** Presented and ordered printed 23105018D `introduction`
- **2023-01-20** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26** Impact statement from TAX (SB1525)
- **2023-01-31** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-01** Committee substitute printed 23105660D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-01** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-02** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-03** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-03** Reading of substitute waived
- **2023-02-03** Committee substitute agreed to 23105660D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-03** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1525S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-03** Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-07** Impact statement from DPB (SB1525S1)
- **2023-02-13** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-13** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-15** Committee substitute printed 23106963D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-15** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-17** Reported from Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-21** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-22** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-22** Committee substitute agreed to 23106963D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-22** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1525H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-22** Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-22** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-22** Reconsideration of House passage agreed to by House
- **2023-02-22** Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-22** VOTE: Block Vote Passage #2 (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-23** Title replaced 23106963D-H1
- **2023-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-03-07** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1525ER) `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Impact statement from TAX (SB1525ER)
- **2023-03-08** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-13** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 13, 2023 `enrolled`
- **2023-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-22** Approved by Governor-Chapter 166 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-22** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0166)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/be34af60-3271-473b-8f30-1fb8ec519eca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).